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Hello, so I'm recently on my 3rd batch. It was a kit from Northern Brewer, their Chinook IPA to be exact. It's day 12 now of fermenting in a bucket inside a chest freezer attached to a temperature controller and kept at 64F (probe taped to side of bucket and covered with insulation foam to get a closer reading). OG was 1.053. Used US-05 yeast. Just went to take my first gravity reading to see if it's reached FG before transferring to secondary and dry hopping. It's gravity is at 1.012. None of the above is my issue, just felt I should supply above info first. My issue is this, tasted the hydro sample (who doesn't?) and it tastes straight up like a wheat beer, not an IPA at all. It has a slight citrus aroma, but that's it. I don't see how it could be esters as it was fermented quite close to the lower end of the temp range and I also added yeast nutrient to help prevent stressed yeast. So, what's the issue? Is it just still real green and this will pass in time or is it a lost cause? The beer itself looks fine. Nothing to suggest any sort of infection that I can see. Looks like my others, just doesn't taste right. Sorry for the long question...